The DeJohnette Complex

The DeJohnette Complex
The DeJohnette Complex
Studio album by Jack DeJohnette
Released	1969
Recorded	December 26 & 27, 1968
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	39:13
Label	Milestone
Producer	Orrin Keepnews & Dick Katz
Jack DeJohnette chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B^[4]

The DeJohnette Complex is the debut album by Jack DeJohnette featuring Bennie Maupin, Stanley Cowell, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gómez, and Roy Haynes recorded in 1968 and released on the Milestone label in 1969.^[5]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music ranges from advanced swinging to brief free improvisations and some avant-funk... Intriguing and generally successful music".^[1] A JazzTimes reviewer selected it in 2012 as one of DeJohnette's key albums.^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

"Equipoise" (Stanley Cowell) - 3:58
"The Major General" - 6:34
"Miles' Mode" (John Coltrane) - 6:36
"Requiem Number 1" - 2:21
"Mirror Image" (Miroslav Vitous) - 5:08
"Papa, Daddy and Me" - 7:53
"Brown, Warm and Wintry" - 5:02
"Requiem Number 2" - 1:41

Recorded at Dandon Productions, New York on December 26 and 27, 1968

Personnel

Jack DeJohnette: drums, melodica
Bennie Maupin: tenor saxophone, wood flute, flute 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Stanley Cowell: electric piano, piano
Miroslav Vitous; bass on tracks 1, 2, 4
Eddie Gómez: bass 3, 4, 5, 6
Roy Haynes: drums, percussion on tracks 1, 4^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. (2011). "The DeJohnette Complex - Jack DeJohnette | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 1 September 2009
^ Milkowski, Bill (April 6, 2012). "DeJohnography". JazzTimes. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ Jack De Johnette - The De Johnette Complex, retrieved 2022-12-27

[Allmusic-1] Yanow, S. (2011). "The DeJohnette Complex - Jack DeJohnette | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[5] Jack DeJohnette discography accessed 1 September 2009

[6] Milkowski, Bill (April 6, 2012). "DeJohnography". JazzTimes. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

[7] Jack De Johnette - The De Johnette Complex, retrieved 2022-12-27

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v t e Jack DeJohnette
Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989) In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986) Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990) Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006) Peace Time (2007) America [with Wadada Leo Smith] (2008) Music We Are [with John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez] (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2015) In Movement [with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison] (2016) Return (2016) Hudson [wth John Medeski, John Scofield and Larry Grenadier] (2017)
Special Edition	Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979) Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980) Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982) Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984) Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)
Gateway	Gateway (1976) Gateway 2 (1978) Homecoming (1995) In the Moment (1996)
Trio Beyond	Saudades (2006)
with Keith Jarrett	Ruta and Daitya (1973) Standards Live (1986) Still Live (1988) Tribute (1990) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (2000) Inside Out (2001) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Yesterdays (2009) Somewhere (2013)
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